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In the last week of February, the Sun turned volatile and hurled out 3 dangerous X-class solar flares in the span of just 24 hours. One of these flares was the strongest one recorded since 2017 and certainly the highest in intensity in the current solar cycle 25. As we move towards the peak of this cycle, solar activity is expected to ramp up, resulting in potential CMEs, filament eruptions, solar storms, solar flares and geomagnetic storms. Forecasters have recently revealed details about a solar storm danger as a CME…

Southern Californians can brace for another round of wet weather, with a storm expected to hit the region early next week to cap off a month of historically wet weather. The slow-moving storm is expected to reach the Los Angeles area by Monday night or Tuesday morning before tapering off later Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. It’s projected to drop between a quarter of an inch and half an inch of rain in coastal areas and valleys and up to an inch in the mountains. The storm isn’t expected to pack…

The current solar cycle is expected to peak this year, according to scientists. Consequently, we've seen an increase in the number as well as the intensity of solar phenomena such as solar flares, solar storms, CMEs and more. In a new incident, the Sun has hurled out as many as three solar flares towards Earth, and one of them is the strongest solar flare of the solar cycle 25! This poses a potential solar storm danger. Know details.Solar storm dangerAccording to NASA, the Sun spewed out two solar flares just 7 hours…

With a storm lingering again over Los Angeles County, experts warn that even its modest rainfall could elevate the risk for mudslides, debris flows and flooding because the ground is already waterlogged from the monster storms earlier this month.“In normal winters where we haven’t had as much rain, this type of rainfall doesn’t cause that much issue because the ground can still absorb water,” said National Weather Service forecaster Ryan Kittell. But once the ground becomes completely saturated, he said, flooding can…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The last round of atmospheric river storms drenched Southern California with historic rainfall, and by one measure, it came close to beating a record for the most rain over a three-day period. While the rain was widespread, damage—including landslides— was focused mostly on certain hillside neighborhoods. Why didn't…

As gray skies hung over most of Southern California on Saturday, the National Weather Service issued its predictions for the latest storm system that will affect the Central Coast and Southern California through Wednesday.Light rain is expected to fall in Los Angeles County late Saturday, developing into moderate showers Sunday afternoon and evening and continuing with heavy showers through Wednesday. Orange County and the Inland Empire will start to feel the storm’s effect on Monday.Compared with the system that…

When it came to forecasting L.A.’s biggest winter storm of the season, local meteorologists had a secret weapon: experience.For sure, there was plenty of computer modeling available to indicate the Southland was in for a severe — and potentially dangerous — soaking. But based on their expertise, forecasters at the National Weather Service in Oxnard correctly anticipated that even the machine-calculated, eye-popping rain totals were probably an underprediction. When it comes to such a serious storm event, getting the…

I've been very fortunate as a documentary and adventure series filmmaker, having the opportunity to travel all over Canada and the world doing what I love. But my latest project sent me on a mission to a lunar landscape in Canada's Far North — one of the most difficult places I've ever had to reach. For the CBC Short Doc My New Moon Suit, we travelled to Devon Island, nestled in Canada's Arctic, to run our very own test of a new spacesuit. It's here, on the world's largest uninhabited island, that new-concept spacesuits…

We have good news for those of you who have an unholy terror of getting struck by lightning: dousing your head in rainwater may increase your chance of survival by up to 90 percent.That's the conclusion arrived at by a team of scientists who built fake human heads, zapped them with powerful bolts of electricity, and measured the results. The fake heads that had been soaked in water featured significantly less damage and lower internal exposure to electrical current.The results suggest that getting yourself good and soggy…

Screenshot: Marvel AnimationThe scene with Callisto and Leech is quickly covered up by a passing issue of the Daily Bugle blowing across the screen, and it’s jam-packed with details. The biggest is the cover story highlighting a mutant fashion show—including a few intriguing mutants from the comics: Dust, introduced in the early aughts during New X-Men; Stacy X; Maggot; and Banshee. In a small pop-out bubble, two more young mutants are included in the form of Nature Girl and Loa, suggesting X-Men ‘97 is going to pull from…